Courtship, Marriage and Marriage Breakdown: Approaches from the History of Emotion (Routledge Research in Gender and History #39)

Synopsis

This book explores the history of marriage and marriage-like relationships across five continents from the seventeenth century to the present day. Across fourteen chapters, leading marriage scholars examine how the methodologies from the new history of emotions contribute to our understanding of marriage, seeking to uncover not only personal feeling but also the political and social implications of emotion. They highlight how marriage as an institution has been shaped not just by law and society but also by individual and community choices, desires and emotional values. Importantly, they also emphasize how the history of non-traditional and same-sex relationships and their emotions have long played an important role in determining the nature of marriage as an institution and emotional union. In doing so, this collection allows us to rethink both the past and present of marriage, destabilizing a story of a stable institution and opening it up as a site of contest, debate and feeling.

Copyright:

2020

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

238 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781000734027

Related ISBNs:

9780367424558, 9781032086897, 9780367824228

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

09/19/23

Copyrighted By:

Taylor & Francis, The right of Katie Barclay, Jeffrey Meek and Andrea Thomson to be identified as the authors of the editorial material, and of the authors for their individual chapters, has been asserted in accordance with sections

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

History, Nonfiction, Social Studies

Submitted By:

Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Katie Barclay

Edited by:

Jeffrey Meek

Edited by:

Andrea Thomson